We partner with the most talented tech entrepreneurs investing time, expert resources and money to build and grow sustainable and valuable technology companies at all stages from initial concept through to high speed growth and exit.

About us

Our Mission

Investment Profile

Astuta empowers technology entrepreneurs on their journey from initial idea to exit across funding, growth, strategy and deal execution. Our team and network open doors and offer practical advice, and our support functions ensure our entrepreneurs succeed or fail only on the strength of their concepts.

Our portfolio includes a host of outstanding entrepreneurs, and we continue to look for individuals who share our passion for disrupting large markets and building long-lasting, great companies.

We invest at all stages including start-up, but, with access to capital in the hundreds of millions, we have the resources and expertise to support companies for the long term. Our partners have founded and grown companies from one to hundreds of employees; and provide real-world company-building experience, as well as an extensive network of relationships across multiple industries and continents, to the entrepreneurs we partner with.

We passionately believe technology will make the world better and we love working with driven entrepreneurs. Whatever your challenge, if you are an entrepreneur or a tech investor – talk to us.

IN SUCH A FAST MOVING MARKET, KNOWING THE TERRAIN IS A BIG ADVANTAGE. THE ASTUTA NETWORK HAS DOMAIN EXPERTISE ACROSS THE KEY TECHNOLOGY SECTORS THAT ARE OUR FOCUS.

The inexorable rise in the numbers of connected devices in our lives and businesses has led to an exponential growth in data collected. Smartly managing and analysing these vast public and proprietary databases is delivering fast and measurable returns for businesses, regulators and governments alike. The Big Data revolution promises faster and better decisions on the most basic level and the opportunity to get previously impossible insight at its most advanced.

Such is the ubiquity of businesses promising cloud services that one might be forgiven for thinking this ship had long since sailed for interesting investments in this space. In keeping with theme of this document, the reverse is the case. The vast majority of data and applications still sit on local devices ready for liberation, and those services that are already delivered via the cloud offer an infinite number of cloud based integration opportunities.

Our understanding of the applications of technology doesn’t stop at the conceptual. We have a deep knowledge of service delivery and a strong belief that as technology becomes ever more important to organisations, those service providers that can demonstrate genuine thought leadership and deliver competitive advantage and risk mitigation to clients will grow very quickly. Our interests cover IT infrastructure, marketing as a service, cyber security and more.

Driven lately by emerging markets and mobile devices, B2C ecommerce stands at $1.5 trillion and has been growing at 20% per annum according to emarketer.com. With same day and 24.7 delivery services sweeping across big cities it becomes hard to paint a good business case for any retail business that doesn’t offer immediate convenience or involve some level of human service.

Our portfolio

We co-work with founders driven by entrepreneurial vision. We know from experience what it takes to build sustainable and valuable internet companies.

IT Lab is an award winning Managed Services and Cloud Solution provider with more than 170 staff based in London, Woking, Birmingham and Cape Town.

IT Managed Services

Anomaly42 is a universal and unifying data-as-a-service platform designed to create the Smart Data Enterprise, simplifying and transforming Big Data into Smart Data.

Big Data

Our team

Astuta’s management team brings years of experience in key areas, not least of which is hard-won experience starting technology businesses from scratch and building to multi- million pound exits.

Howard Sears

Founder and CEO of Astuta, Howard is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully built and sold several software companies. Howard works across the Astuta portfolio from start-ups to established +£200m companies.

Sebastian Gray

Founder of Big Ideas Group, Sebastian has a reputation as a highly capable digital entrepreneur. Sebastian has interests in a number of ventures and provides unparallelled experience in start-up, managed services & digital marketing.

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By Peter High Omni-channel retailing refers to the development of a seamless approach to the consumer experience through all available shopping channels, such as brick-and-mortar stores, smartphones, tablet computers, personal computers, direct mail, catalog, and the like. There are a lot of retailers who have made an attempt to establish the Omni-channel opportunity. Most have […]

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